IPL 3 - Good Talents Who Missed Out

This IPL like any other tournament has shot few people into prominence. Some obscure names have become common household names: Suman, Naman Ojha, Siddharth Trivedi, Rayudu, and Saurabh Tiwary to name a few. A common point in all these cases has been that their captains (Gilly, Warne, and Sachin) have seen their potential, backed them up, and given them the confidence to bring out their best. Not all the captains are willing to try out fresh talent. Few of them are keen to stick to the tried and trusted players. Here are a few talented players who have missed out on this year's IPL.

Harshad Khadiwale is a fine young opening batting talent who is the main stay for Maharashtra. He has done exceedingly well in the domestic circuit and has even played for West Zone. He is only 21 years old and has already taken over the captaincy of his state team with just 4 years of Ranji experience. He truly deserves a chance to play in the Kolkata Knight Riders. Unfortunate for him that he competes for the same spot as his KKR skipper. If at all Ganguly steps down, this lad ought to get a chance.

Thissara Perera the left hand batting all-rounder whom the Super Kings picked up in this year's draft tormented India in the recent ODIs against Sri Lanka. He got just one game in the IPL. I think he can do some serious damage in this form of the game. He has the ability to slog and slog well. He is primarily a bowler who can share the new ball with Bollinger. We can only hope Dhoni gives him some opportunity to come good and earn his pay check.

Avishkar Salvi was once a top fast bowling prospect for India along with Balaji. In fact he did go on a few tours with the Indian team. Unfortunately he got injured while he was being talked about. Since then he has come back and is getting some playing time in the last two years at the domestic level. He has been in the Daredevils roster for a few seasons but has not got the consistent opportunity that a Sangwan has got. I truly think that Salvi still has something to offer and the captain who sees that would reap the benefits.

Chandrasekar Ganapathy has been a stand out for Tamil Nadu the last couple of seasons. He has blossomed into a dependable all-rounder. This year he has scored over 500 runs and taken 18 wickets in the Ranji Trophy. He got a chance to play one game but was given only one over. The commentators did mention his name a few times when he came close to Gony as Gony dropped Uthappa. And that was it! I strongly believe that he could be the all-rounder Chennai is looking for as the team wonders how to bring Murali back into the line-up.

Dhawal Kulkarni is one of the brightest fast bowling talent to emerge from Mumbai in recent times. He has done really well in the Ranji trophy and few India-A team tours. He was even selected to the Indian team's tour of New Zealand before fading away from the limelight. After warming the bench, he got a chance to play for the Mumbai Indians. He has the potential to be a match winner. He can bowl a tight length and line and keep the opponents run rate low. Let’s hope he gets more chances to showcase his talent.